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Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve

Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve from directly overhead

Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 465 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Reggiardo Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away.

Parks, Recreation, and Open Space

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.04677, -122.13466
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Namaste Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Mount Hermon: 4.8 mi
  • El Jarro Point: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Lost Camp: 1.8 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 2.2 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 2.2 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 2.3 mi
  • San Vicente Lumber Company Railroad Camp 1: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Shingle Mill Creek: 3.0 mi
  • Gus Harding Memorial Area: 3.3 mi
  • Felton Deck: 3.4 mi
  • Alba Park, Recreation, and Parkway District: 3.5 mi
  • Felton Covered Bridge Park: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • E: 4.0 mi
  • F: 4.1 mi
  • G: 4.1 mi
  • A: 4.1 mi
  • B: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 5.2 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 5.3 mi
  • Untitled: 5.3 mi
  • Crown Fountain: 5.5 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 55
  • Cable Car Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Five Mile Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Red, White and Blue Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Table Rock Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Four Mile Beach: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Kresge Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Family Student Housing Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Rachel Carson Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Oakes Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 5.6 mi
Museums: 53
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 15
  • Reggiardo Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 4.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.4 mi
  • Cal Poly Bluffs: 6.3 mi
  • China Ladder: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 9.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumENE 59°1,063 m15.2 mi
Mount ThayerNE 56°1,061 m14.4 mi
Mount BielawskiN 11°985 m12.4 mi
Castle RockN 10°979 m12.7 mi
The PeakNNE 16°917 m12.4 mi
El SombrosoNE 54°917 m15.3 mi
Lookout TowerN 6°892 m13.9 mi
Goat RockN 7°890 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:5019:5420:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/9363262

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